The Killer Angels

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• Tom had come up with Chamberlain's horse. Over the heads of the prisoners Chamberlain could see the Regiment falling into line out in the flaming road. He took a deep breath."Well, I don't want to preach to you. You know who we are and what we're doing here. But if you're going to fight alongside us there's a few things I want you to know."He bowed his head, not looking at eyes. He folded his hands together. "This Regiment was formed last fall, back in Maine.There were a thousand of us then. There's not three hundred of us now." He glanced up briefly. "But what is left is choice."He was embarrassed. He spoke very slowly, staring at the ground."Some of us volunteered to fight for Union. Some came in mainly because we were bored at home and this looked like it might be fun. Some came because... (查看原文)

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• "We used to have visitors from the South before the war. It was always very polite. I never understood them, but we stayed off the question of slavery until near the end, out of courtesy. But toward the end there was no staying away from it, and there was one time I'll never forget. There was this minister, a Southern Baptist, and this professor from the University of Virginia. The professor was a famous man, but more than that, he was a good man, and he had a brain." "Rare combination." "True. Well, we sat drinking tea. Ladies were present. I'll never forget. He held the tea like this." Chamberlain extended a delicate finger. "I kept trying to be courteous, but this minister was so damned wrong and moral and arrogant all at the same time that he began to get under my skin. And finally he ... (查看原文)

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